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1. People generally behave as though others deserve what happens to them. This tendency is referred to as the: A) Situational attribution B) Conformity effect C) Obedience effect D) Just-world hypothesis |
D) Just-world hypothesis
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2. Explaining another person's behavior by appealing to aspects of that person's observable context or environmental is known as making a(an): A) Situational attribution B) Fundamental attribution error C) Attribution theory D) Dispositional attribution |
A) Situational attribution
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3. This tendency to make dispositional attributions when explaining other people's behavior is more common in "Western" cultures: A) Attribution theory B) Situational attribution error C) Conformity D) Fundamental attribution error |
D) Fundamental attribution error
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4. Explaining another person's behavior by appealing to a hypothetical, assumed, and internal cause is known as making a(n): A) Situational attribution B) Attribution theory C) Dispositional attribution D) Conforming attribution |
C) Dispositional attribution
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5. Which of the following statements best characterizes the findings of Asch (1951) and recent replications of that original study (students making line length comparisons?) A) People form judgments independently of others B) People often conform to those around them, even when they don't agree with them C) People tend to obey authority figures D) All of the above |
B) People often conform to those around them, even when they don't agree with them
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6. Which of the following best characterizes the bystander effect (also referred to as diffusion of responsibility)? A) We are less likely to help someone the more people there are nearby B) We are more likely to help someone the more people there are nearby C) We are more likely to help strangers D) We are more likely to help at night |
A) We are less likely to help someone the more people there are nearby
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7. A citizen born and raised in an "Eastern" culture (e.g., Thailand) would be more likely than you to make which of the following explanations for a person's behavior? A) Explaining behavior by saying "it's in their blood" to do so B) Explaining behavior by appealing to the person's mood C) Explaining behavior by assuming that they were having strange thoughts D) Explaining behavior by appealing to work-related stress |
D) work related stress
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8. This approach developed by Heider (1958) predicts that how we interact with other people is a direct function of how we explain their behavior: A) Fundamental attribution error B) Attribution theory C) Conformity theory D) None of the above |
B) attribution theory
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9.-10. refer to quiz 8
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